Writers are paid to make fake people do and say stuff. When somebody like Wonder Man was created, I doubt there was any thought given as to what the guy would be up to ~40 years from the time, but, here we are, with Wonder Man arriving in the New Avengers #1 Annual today to menace Spider-Man, Wolverine, et al with a motley group of anti-heroes.

Why Wonder Man, though? What about his past makes his heel turn plausible? Failed actor, failed relationships, he’s always been sort of a joke. He’s standing up now, though, against the heroes who fight the large battles that destroy the city blocks and always seem to get the nobodies caught up ins.

Why Wonder Man? Because somebody said so, I guess.

-cof